Compare And Contrast William Bradford And John Smith

“So they committed themselves to the will of God and resolved to proceed.” (79) John smith and William Bradford were two American settlers that both came from england. They each came to a new world to better their lives. Smith came to jamestown mostly for the money and to get rich.He was a selfish person in his writing he mostly wrote about himself. Bradford came more for their freedom of religion. He believed in God, and he wanted everyone to have the right to believe in what they wished for. He was more of an outgoing person and not like smith he actually wrote about his experiences and other people of coming to a “new world”.
Coming from England to better their lives William Bradford along with the Pilgrims were in such danger. They were
“With this lodging and diet, our extreme toil in bearing and planting palisades so strained and bruised us and our continual labor in the extremity of the heat had so weakened us, as were cause sufficient to have made us as miserable in our native country or any other place in the world”(71) So there technically was food for the colony to eat, but the president made them diet so their food can last more. This wasn’t good for the people because this made them even weaker and not like in william’s story in jamestown it was extremely hot ,and the heat with not a lot of food made them feel weak and not capable of doing
“ And what I have said of these, I may say of many others who died in this general visitation, and others yet living, that whilst they had health, yea, or any strength continuing, they were not wanting to any that had need of them. And I doubt not but their recompense is with the lord.”(80) He was respectful and said positive things to the people who died. He left everything to the Lord, so he didn’t judge people he left it to God. I think that william feels very honored and thankful that he was one of the people who survived, and he wants the people who died to be